Brief Life History of James Franklin
When James Franklin Lynn was born in 1844, in Massac, Illinois, United States, his father, Pitts Lynn, was 22 and his mother, Mary Polly S Miles, was 23. He married Wilmoth Ann Foy on 3 December 1865. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Hillerman, Massac, Illinois, United States in 1880. In 1870, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as farmer in Massac, Illinois, United States. He died on 27 March 1886, in Success, Texas, Missouri, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Success, Texas, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (19)
- James Lynn, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Franklin Lynn - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: James Franklin Lynn
- James Lynn, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
Spouse and Children
1844–1886 Male
1856–1893 Female
Children (6)
1877–1953 Male
1878– Male
1879–1884 Male
1881–1917 Male
1882– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1822–1872 Male
1821–before 1863 Female
Siblings (8)
1844–1886 Male
1849–1929 Female
1852–1910 Female
1853– Female
1854– Female
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 2
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Age 4
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
Age 12
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhloinn and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn ).
Scottish: variant of Lyne 3.
English: habitational name from any of several places so called in Norfolk, in particular King's Lynn, an important center of the medieval wool trade. The placename is probably from an Old Welsh word cognate with Gaelic linn ‘pool, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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